James Penha

NVN Monday: PLEASE, AMERICA, DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME by Cecil Morris

NVN Monday at Substack: Cecil Morris’s #newspoem “Please, America, Don’t Turn Your Back On Me.” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-monday...
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PLEASE, AMERICA, DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Cecil Morris begs, in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, “Please, America, Don’t Turn Your Back On Me.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/plea...
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NVN Sunday: 2025 by Susan VespoliIt was the year the garden wouldn’t grow.

NVN Sunday at Substack: Susan Vespoli’s #newspoem “2025” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday...
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2025 The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Susan Vespoli looks at “2025” thus far in her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025...
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Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

Every single word of this is fact

"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." — Elmore Leonard, born on this day in 1925 #AmWriting

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

NVN Saturday at Substack: Raymond Nat Turner’s #newspoem “Enemy Within” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-saturd...
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ENEMY WITHIN The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Raymond Nat Turner points with his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem to the real “Enemy Within.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/enem...
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Page One in Chicago.

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NVN Friday: END GAME by Paul A.

NVN Friday at Substack: Paul A. Freeman’s #newspoem “End Game” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-friday...
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END GAME The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Paul A. Freeman’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem on the “End Game” of the war in Gaza. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/end-...
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Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

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Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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NVN Thursday: CHACO CANYON / SCULPTURE OF SILENCE by Dick Altman

NVN Thursday at Substack: Dick Altman’s #newspoem “Chaco Canyon / Sculpture of Silence” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-thursd...
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CHACO CANYON / SCULPTURE OF SILENCE The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Dick Altman writes in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem of “Chaco Canyon / Sculpture of Silence” now threatened by Drill, Baby, Drill noise. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/chac...
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NVN Wednesday: WO IST MUTTER by Jon Wesick

NVN Wednesday at Substack: John Wesick’s #newspoem “Wo Ist Mutter” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-wednes...
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WO IST MUTTER The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Jon Wesick listens back and forth between fascist governments in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem and hears, “Wo Ist Mutter.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/wo-i...
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Quiet and filled with creeping dread sounds wonderful...
a new anthology of quiet horror stories from Ghost Willow Press.

The cover wrap for Silent Screams, An Anthology of Quiet Horrors - featuring a striking, surreal illustration by Eric Brenner, depicting a screaming face with far too many eyes. The book blurb states: The most terrifying horror stories don't churn your stomach. They creep like shadows, chilling with a touch. They build dread through atmosphere and emotion, rather than splatter and gore. Welcome to Silent Screams, an anthology of quiet horror stories. Within these pages, you will face strange and twisted scenes, dark and demonic characters, nightmares great and small, written by a host of talented authors from around the world. These are shattering tales of grief and loss, visitations from strange folk, troubled dreams, and cursed artefacts. These are whispers to make your skin crawl and your toes curl. Words to catch your breath and smother screams.

Silent Screams is out now.
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
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NVN Tuesday: JANE by Terri Kirby Erickson

NVN Tuesday at Substack: Terri Kirby Erickson’s #newspoem “Jane” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-tuesda...
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JANE The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Terri Kirby Erickson’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem in honor of “Jane.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/jane...
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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

In her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem Tammy Smith opens up on the “Government Shutdown.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/gove...
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Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3 Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States